Sociology: work & labour books

Today's progressives have given up on organizing and now work for professional organizations more comfortable with...  Read More >>

This book draws on a wide range ofpractical examples to describe how conflicts within organisations aretraditionally...  Read More >>

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the ‘trait’ and ‘functionalist’ theories of the professions...  Read More >>

In Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities, Petra Bueskens argues that western modernisation consigned women...  Read More >>

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This work proposes that Carl Menger’s Subjective Theory of Value (STV), and its subsequent elaboration by Ludwig...  Read More >>

This book presents the most recent theoretical insights and practical intervention methods to (re)build trust between...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1998, Neighbourhood Jobs, Race, and Skills argues that race is a powerful and persistent...  Read More >>

Given the shortage of literature on issues related to homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees, compared to...  Read More >>

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This book expands the foundations of general systems theory to enable progress beyond the rich heuristic practices...  Read More >>

This book reinvigorates the debate about the origins and development of police culture within our changing social,...  Read More >>

Human survival has always depended upon our ability to form and sustain social organisations. By creating positive...  Read More >>

This book provides a critical account of the third sector and its future in Europe. It offers an original conceptualization...  Read More >>

This book is situated in the nexus between technology, labour and politics. The book will, therefore, be of interest...  Read More >>

This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's ""Third Front,"" the large state-sponsored...  Read More >>

Die Economie des conventions (EC) stellt einen zentralen Teil der neuen pragmatischen Sozialwissenschaften sowie...  Read More >>

This book adopts a reflexive approach to entrepreneurship research, challenging readers to question their approaches...  Read More >>

This volume examines visual artists’ careers in the East German region of Saxony, as seen through the lens of cultural...  Read More >>

Originally published 1987 Schooling Ordinary Kids looks at the ‘invisible majority’ of ordinary working-class pupils....  Read More >>

The specificities of domestic work in relation to the workplace alongside the intersections of gender, class, and...  Read More >>

How class is structured in the call-centres, office blocks and fast-food chains of modern Britain.  Read More >>

How class is structured in the call-centres, office blocks and fast-food chains of modern Britain.  Read More >>

This book interrogates the existing theories of convergence culture and audience engagement within the media and...  Read More >>